Vocab

Question 1

ethos

Answer 1

the character, credibility, and moral values a group or individual possesses

Question 1

pathos

Answer 1

to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel

Authors make deliberate word choices, use meaningful language, and use examples and stories that evoke emotion

Question 2

logos

Answer 2

or the appeal to logic

means to appeal to the audiences’ sense of reason or logic

Question 3

inference

Answer 3

process of reasoning from what we think is true to what is true

Question 4

syllogism

Answer 4

conclusion is drawn from two propositions
each proposition shares a term with the conclusion

Question 5

enthymeme

Answer 5

syllogism in sentence form, the idea of argument is not directly stated

Question 6

exigence

Answer 6

moment/event/reason for someone to write about a specific topic, issue, problem, situation

Question 7

credibility

Answer 7

the quality of being trusted